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Kia Sportage 2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin TSBCLI029 · NHTSA communication 10088701 · issued Dec 18, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2017
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Tsb: r1234yf refrigerant - this bulletin provides information relating to the new r1234yf refrigerant initially being released with the 2017my sportage (ql), and applicable to future models. Governmental standards to reduce the length of time refrigerants can linger in the upper atmosphere have resulted in an adoption of r1234yf, as a replacement for r134a.

Vehicles covered

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.